ועל ידי קיום המצות, נמשך אור מקיף הנ״ל, ומאיר תוך העשר ספירות דאצילות, בריאה, יצירה, עשיה, ומתייחד עם האור פנימי Now, by the fulfillment of the commandments, the above-mentioned encompassing light is elicited and radiates within the Ten Sefirot of [the Worlds of] Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah and Asiyah, thereby uniting with the indwelling light. When […]

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וזה שאמרו רז״ל: שכר מצוה בהאי עלמא ליכא This is the meaning of the teaching of our Sages, of blessed memory:10 “In this world there is no reward for [the fulfillment of] the commandments.” They do not say that “in this world there is no reward granted”; rather, that “there exists no reward in this […]

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And the additional radiation and effluence is first bestowed upon [the Sefirah of Chochmah, which is] the first of the Ten Sefirot. וזה הוא: וכובע ישועה בראשו This is the meaning of [the above-quoted phrase], “and a helmet of salvation (ישועה) upon his head.” ישועה הוא מלשון: וישע ה׳ אל הבל ואל מנחתו For ישועה […]

אין ישראל נגאלין אלא בצדקה, שנאמר: ושביה בצדקה “Israel shall be redeemed only by virtue of tzedakah,”1 as it is written,2 “And her repatriates [shall be redeemed] through tzedakah.” Tzedakah, whose root connotes both “righteousness” and “charity”, thus brings about the redemption of the Jewish people from exile and their ultimate return to Zion. The […]

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ומה שאין כל אדם זוכה למדרגה זו, לעבודה שבלב מעומקא דליבא בבחינת פנימיות The reason that not every person merits this rank in the service of the heart — service from the depth of the heart in a state of pnimiyut — היינו לפי שבחינה זו היא אצלו בבחינת גלות ושביה is that within him […]

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